Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Perdue plant workers walk out over coronavirus-related concerns
Public backlash
About 50 employees at a Perdue chicken plant in Kathleen, Georgia, walked out and staged a protest over concerns that the facility was not being sanitized and that employees exposed to coronavirus remained on the line. Perdue officials responded that the company had increased cleaning protocols and taken other steps to support employee health and safety.
Company response
Clarification — Perdue Farms
Purdue officials responded to the workers’ concerns in a written statement sent to WMAZ.
Remediation — Perdue Farms
We’ve increased cleaning protocols in all of our offices and facilities, not only for sanitation but also in common areas, cafeterias, and locker rooms.
Source excerpt
Granville told the reporter there are people who say they have been exposed to the Coronavirus who continue to work. She said the company claims they are sanitizing the building every night, but she says there is food on the floor from the night before when she comes in for the morning shift.
We’ve increased cleaning protocols in all of our offices and facilities, not only for sanitation but also in common areas, cafeterias, and locker rooms.
On Monday, about 50 employees of a Perdue plant in Kathleen, Georgia, walked off the job and staged a protest, the local CBS affiliate reported.
2020
Boston Market files broiler price-fixing lawsuit
Lawsuit filed
Boston Market filed a federal lawsuit against poultry companies, alleging that they conspired to manipulate broiler prices from 2008 to 2017 and caused it hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges. The allegations are presented as claims in the lawsuit, not as a court determination. Perdue is identified among the poultry companies in coverage of the litigation.
Source excerpt
The new lawsuit alleges the conspiracy included plaintiffs Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, Perdue Farms, Koch Foods, Sanderson Farms, JCG Foods, Raeford Farms, Mar-Jac Poultry, Wayne Farms, Fieldale Farms, George's Farms, Simmons Foods, O.K. Foods, Peco Foods, Harrison Poultry, Foster Farms, Claxton Poultry, Mountaire Farms, Amick Farms, Case Farms and Agri Stats Inc.
OMAHA (DTN) -- Boston Market Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit against a group of poultry companies, alleging the companies conspired to manipulate the price of broilers from 2008 to 2017, costing Boston Market Corp. hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges.
2020
Chick-fil-A sues poultry suppliers over alleged price-fixing
Lawsuit filed
In a federal lawsuit, Chick-fil-A sued poultry suppliers, alleging that they coordinated meat-supply pricing and reduced production in order to raise prices. Perdue is identified among the poultry suppliers named in the litigation. The allegations are claims made in the lawsuit and do not constitute a determination of wrongdoing. No court finding or outcome is stated in the source material.
Chick-fil-A sued poultry suppliers in federal court, alleging they coordinated meat-supply pricing and reduced production to raise prices. The allegations are claims in the lawsuit, not a determination of wrongdoing.
Source excerpt
The chicken-sandwich giant alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday in a federal court in Illinois that top chicken suppliers, including Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Sanderson Farms Inc. and Perdue Farms Inc., coordinated pricing for meat supplies and collectively reduced production to push up prices.
The fast-food chain Chick-fil-A is suing a string of high-profile chicken suppliers, accusing them of illegally coordinating with one another to keep prices artificially high on billions of dollars of poultry.
The suit accuses chicken producers of using a spreadsheet called AgriStats to engage in bid-rigging in an “unlawful conspiracy” to ensure that chicken prices were artificially raised.
2015
Farmer files whistleblower retaliation complaint against Perdue
Lawsuit filed
The Food Integrity Campaign filed a whistleblower retaliation complaint on behalf of Perdue contract farmer Craig Watts. The complaint alleges that Perdue audited Watts’ farm and placed him on a Performance Improvement Plan in reprisal for protected activity; it also challenges the company’s “humanely raised” labeling.
Source excerpt
The complaint alleges that Perdue's decision to audit Watts' farm and place him under a Performance Improvement Plan were taken in reprisal for protected activity under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Today, the Food Integrity Campaign (FIC, a program of the Government Accountability Project) filed a whistleblower retaliation on behalf of its client, Perdue contract farmer Craig Watts.
The complaint argues that Perdue's labeling of the chickens as "humanely raised" was misleading